GOP delegates poised for pivotal roll on 1976 platform votes
At the Kansas City convention Ford and Reagan battle for delegate strength with roll call votes set to reveal who will win the Republican nomination. AP figures show Ford leading 1127 to 1036 with 96 uncommitted as speeches frame the fight and Carter looms.
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Gerald R. Ford
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Ford
California
Kansas City
Jimmy Carter
Republican National Convention Schedule and Controversy
The Kansas City convention schedule lists 7 pm events with remarks by Sen. Edward Brooke and President Patricia Hutar plus other leaders. A potential Illinois vote-switch scandal involves Marie Goodlow and two delegates amid FBI and Justice Department scrutiny.
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Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Patricia Hutar
National Federation of Republican Women
Committee On
John B. Connally
Committee On Rules and Order of Business
Committee On Permanent Organization
Rep
John Rhodes
Arizona
Sen
Ted Stevens
Alaska
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Committee On Resolutions
Baker
White House
Barry Goldwater
Nelson A Rockefeller
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Illinois
Marie Goodlow
Chicago
Ford
Reagan
Bitter struggle looms over GOP foreign policy plank
Reagan supporters press a foreign policy statement aimed at Ford and Kissinger as the Republican National Convention meets to consider the platform. Ford advisers split on whether the Morality in Foreign Policy plank warrants a fight or should be accepted as noncritical. The debate rises on eve of nominating session.
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Kansas City
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
Platform debate weighs abortion amendment and ERA stance
The meeting considers removing support for amending the Constitution to let states restrict abortion access and may strike a plank backing the Equal Rights Amendment. The outcome could redefine the party’s stance on key rights issues.
Ford count rising amid delegate shifts at convention
President Ford gained 10 votes in 24 hours as uncommitted delegates publicly shifted toward his camp on opening day. The AP tally put Ford at 1,127 delegates, three short of victory, with Reagan at 1,036 as infighting loomed over rules and issues.
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Ford
Associated Press
Ronald Reagan
Philippines Quake Death Toll Climbing to Near One Thousand
Reports from the National Disaster Coordinating Center list at least 811 dead 249 missing and 251 injured after two major quakes in Mindanao and Basilan. Unofficial counts put fatalities at 917 with 500 plus injured and 400 missing as waves swept coastal villages and damaged buildings.
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Ferdinand E. Marcos
Sulu
Warm, Sunny Skies Expected Through Friday
Clear tonight and Wednesday with near zero rain chances. Temperatures dip to the upper 50s tonight and rise to the mid 80s by Wednesday. Overnight low 52 yesterday, today’s high 80. Extended outlook calls for fair skies into Friday and a Saturday shower chance with mid 80s highs and 60s lows.
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